Thomas, we now know, will make $197,800 this season — making him the sixth-highest paid player on the team. He signed for a base salary of $187,800, so it’s safe to presume the $10,000 difference was part or all of a signing bonus (since he hasn’t been around long enough to earn a marketing bonus).

Rapids could have deserved three points tonight, but really the game finished in the right result. Yeah, the Raps outplayed the L.A. Galaxy for good portions of the match, but that and $3.98 gets you a grande cappuccino at Starbucks these days.

The Galaxy had a great first 10 minutes, and that was good enough to get a point in the 1-1 tie.

Here is David Beckham talking about the match and how he felt after a few weeks on the sidelines with an ankle injury.

The Rapids' Jeff Larentowicz, left, tries to steal the ball from Julio Cesar of Sporting Kansas City during a game at Dick's Sporting Goods Park on May 19, 2012.

Don’t look for any Lamborghinis in the player parking lot at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, and kids, take a look at the list below before you ditch your math homework for a career in pro soccer.

The Major League Soccer Players Union has just released the 2012 salaries for every player on an MLS roster, and, given the short careers enjoyed by most professional athletes, no one outside of New York or Los Angeles is really rolling in dough.

Conor Casey, at $400,000 a year, is the only Rapids player among the league’s 25 highest paid. The bulk of the Rapids roster is paid much more like the fans in the seats than, say, a Bronco, Nugget, Rocky or Av.

The league’s highest paid player is Thierry Henry of New York at $5.6 million per year, when base salary and signing bonus are figured in, followed by his teammate Rafa Marquez at $4.6 million and David Beckham of LA Galaxy at $4 million. Only four players outside of those two cities earn seven-figure salaries, and all of them are in Toronto or Portland. (It’s unclear whether the Canadian salaries are in Canadian dollars).

There’s not much you can say about Saturday’s 2-1 loss to the LA Galaxy. It was pretty typical considering how their last two games had gone, though they were finally able to break that frustrating goalless streak. Of course, one of those goals went into the wrong net but beggars can’t be choosers.

The game was sprinkled with great moments from Colorado’s players but lots of trademark mistakes as well, which poisoned the better moments. It made it hard to rate some of the players, specifically Matt Pickens, Marvell Wynne and Omar Cummings — all three had their shining moments as the game went along but also put in a howler along the way that handed the game to Los Angeles.

Rapids fans Erin Pettis, left, and Ashley Whatley, right, had a message for David Beckham.

In one of the most entertaining games involving the Rapids in recent memory, Colorado fell 2-1 to the star-studded Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday night before nearly 20,000 – the 2nd largest largest crowd in the history of Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.

Colorado dug itself a 2-0 hole. One goal was somewhat of a fluke, the other was slotted home professionally by one of the best soccer players the U.S. has ever produced. But the Rapids, who controlled possession throughout, fought back on a left-footed rocket by Omar Cummings and had a chance to take a well-deserved point when a dubious penalty was called as time was running out.

But Cummings’ penalty attempt was easily saved, and all that was left was for David Beckham to peel off his jersey and give it a shrieking woman from Westminster in the east stands.

The following is our live blog of the game – which contributions from across social media ….

Or, if history is any guide, why won’t he and when will we hear about it?

LA Galaxy’s David Beckham, the biggest star in MLS, has not shone much in Commerce City. In LA’s five appearances at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park since Beckham’s 2007 debut, the midfielder has played only once – in 2008.

An injury report released Tuesday should give pause to those hoping to witness the set-piece specialist/celebrity product endorser during the Galaxy’s visit here Saturday night: Beckham is listed as “questionable” with back spasms.

Daniel was first introduced to soccer at age 6 while living in Düsseldorf, West Germany. He played youth soccer in West Germany until age 9, and then in Seattle, where he is originally from. He works as the day breaking news editor and also contributes on the Rapids beat.